Blockchain & Digital Currencies

Latest updates on blockchain, the technology that underpins bitcoin and most digital currencies and it’s impact on the Cybersecurity Community.

BunnyLoader Malware: Modular Features Help Evade Detection

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, a new variant of malware has emerged, posing significant challenges for detection and mitigation efforts. Known as BunnyLoader malware, it has recently undergone a transformation, ...

LockBit Hacker Sentenced To 4 Years Jail Plus Fined $860K

Recent reports about legal proceedings, a 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national, Mikhail Vasiliev, has been handed a sentence of almost four years in Canadian prison. Vasiliev’s involvement in the global ransomware scheme known as ...

Breaking Bitlocker

It was only a matter of time before someone did this. Bitlocker is Microsoft’s technique for encrypting a desktop, laptop, or other MS Windows device. We encrypt the device to protect the ...
Book Review: The Crypto Launderers: Crime and CryptoCurrencies

Book Review: The Crypto Launderers: Crime and CryptoCurrencies

The Crypto Launderers: Crime and Cryptocurrencies from the Dark Web to DeFi and Beyond - by David Carlisle   I wish I had a way to review this book without having first read ...

3 Malicious PyPI Packages Hide CoinMiner on Linux Devices

In a recent cybersecurity revelation, the Python Package Index (PyPI) has fallen victim to the infiltration of three malicious packages: modularseven, driftme, and catme. These packages, although now removed, managed to amass ...
crypto exchange fraud

Nest Wallet CEO Loses $125,000 in Wallet Draining Scam

The co-founder and CEO of a startup cryptocurrency wallet said he lost $125,000 in crypto in a scam, becoming among the latest victims of the growing threat of wallet drainer malware that ...
Security Boulevard

Bitzlato Founder Money Laundering Cryptocurrency Scandal

In a significant development, Anatoly Legkodymov, the Russian founder of the now-defunct Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange, has recently pleaded guilty to charges related to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business. The implications of this ...
Imperva Detects Undocumented 8220 Gang Activities

Imperva Detects Undocumented 8220 Gang Activities

Imperva Threat Research has detected previously undocumented activity from the 8220 gang, which is known for the mass deployment of malware using a variety of continuously evolving TTPs. This threat actor has ...

US Sanctions Sinbad Mixer: Disrupting Threats Unveiled

The U.S. Treasury Department recently took a significant step in the ongoing battle against cybercrime by imposing sanctions on Sinbad. It’s a virtual currency mixer utilized by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group ...

Application Security Check Up